Osaka native Hidetoshi Suzuki brings a little bit of Japan to Metairie. And I do mean a little.

His narrow restaurant is barely wide enough to accommodate the sushi bar, and some of the best dishes you'll eat here could fit into your digital camera case: fried sawagani, the ridiculously small freshwater crabs, say, or a bit of flounder nigiri pressed with a shiso leaf. Suzuki is no wallflower -- nickname: Elvis -- and likes to boast of his seafood's freshness. I have yet to find reason to challenge him.